senator whitehouse 1. senator whitehouse: thank you, chairman. this would protect the methane leak fee that is specifically targeted in this instruction by lifting the instruction related to 7.5 metric tons of methane leaked out for which the industry received $1.6 billion upfront for repairs as a part of the deal for this fee and now they're walking away from it. better walk away from paying this fee would be to stop leaking and then there would be no fee. so i ask everybody to vote aye. chair graham: senator lee, i'll just reiterate what he said. senator lee: i hereby reiterate and apply them to this one and encourage my colleagues to vote no. chair graham: ok. clerk will call the roll. the clerk: mr. grassley. senator grassley: no. the clerk: mr. crapo. senator crapo: no. the clerk: mr. johnson. senator johnson: no. the clerk: mr. marshall. senator marshall: no. the clerk: mr. cornyn. senator cornyn: no. the clerk: mr. lee. senator lee: no. the clerk: mr. kennedy. senator kennedy: no. the clerk: mr. ricketts. senator ricketts: no. the clerk: m

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senator whitehouse: mr. vought, the backdrop to the conversation we're having here is indicated by this graph which shows from 1980 to 2020 how income has grown in the united states. the bottom line showing essentially no income growth is the bottom 20% of income earners. as you can see, their household income has stayed essentially flat. the second line up, this lower one is how the top 1% of income earners have done. they're up 600% nearly compared to near zero percent for the working people in that lowest 20%. and if you look at the topmost line that's up more than 800%, that's the top .01%. what worries me, as we go into this effort, is that what we're trying to produce is a golden age for fat cats, billionaires, and polluters that are going to make this discrepancy worse and worse and worse. and it is in that context that i'd like to ask you some questions about these executive orders. president trump fired off 26 executive orders, i believe, his first day. are you familiar with them? mr. vought: i am g

this is just over a half hour. >> senator whitehouse, welcome. i've just been giving your introduction about your background. >> good. >> including all that you've done for global institutions. also your background a state attorney general as we look for checks and balances now. in terms of the lately a legal and constitutional actions that we've been seeing. thank you for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> well, first. thank you. thank you to georgetown's school of public policy and law for inviting me here. it's a privilege. i'm sorry that i'm up in rhode island and not in washington. a lot of people's bad luck was my good luck. the last flight home was delayed for three hours. i could wait to vote against vote and make the last plane out of national airport. the backdrop to my work is my belief that the united states is engaged in a clash of civilizations. the famous sam huntington phrase. i would say that the boundaries are the boundary between rule of law. countries like the united states. and countries that are run by crypto kratz and

whitehouse: did mr. pella have a role? mr. vought: he is a member of the center but i will not speak beyond that. sen. whitehouse: here we go again. i will not speak. my time is up. chair graham: he said that she says he stands by the letter. sen. whitehouse: that is not the question. my time is up. chair graham: senator lee. sen. lee: thank you for being here and for your willingness to serve. the administrative state has been crushing the american economy and american innovation, and it is also something that operates in a manner fundamentally contrary to the structure and intent of the u.s. constitution. article one sections one and seven makes it clear that only congress may enact federal law. in article one section seven in particular it makes it clear that you cannot make a federal law unless you follow the formula involving bicameral passage of a single bill, a single item, and legislative text and -- in both houses followed by submission to signature, veto or acquiescence. less you follow that you cannot make a federal

senator whitehouse: thank you, senator durbin. one on judgment and one on candor. some clown posted a video of kash patel chain sawing the heads off people who are on his enemy's list in his book. you can't really blame patel for that. the world is full of creepy people who might do things like that. except for the fact that kash patel himself reposted that imagery to his truth social account. he now owns that. setting aside how grotesque that is, the idea that a man with the kind of judgment that he thinks it's ok to repost imagery of himself chain sawing his political enemies, not appropriate for an f.b.i. director. in terms of candor, we asked him repeatedly about what he testified to in the grand jury. it is basic black letter law that a witness can walk out of the grand jury and tell the entire world what they said. but he wouldn't tell this committee what he said. he pretended there was a seal order. there is no record or evidence of any seal order. a second piece of candor may be that he's lying about a seal order. and last as chairman durbin just mentioned,

whitehouse: you do. because you are the witness. mr. patel: there's also a court order on that case. sen. whitehouse: separately you can get grand jury testimony by court order. the witnesses can always reveal their testimony. do you authorize us? mr. patel: i authorize this committee to lawfully obtain any records they are appropriately allowed to get. sen. whitehouse: and you are speaking in circles now because we are only lawfully authorized to get that -- as the witness you give us that permission? mr. patel: i'm non-expert on this constitutional standard. sen. whitehouse: it is super simple. it applies to witnesses and you are witness. do you authorize us to see at? mr. patel: when i was commissioned -- sen. whitehouse: grand jury witnesses are allowed to speak about what they said in the grand jury unless they are under a specific court order. are you under a specific court order not to reveal your testimony? mr. patel: i can't go into court orders granted by the district chief judge. sen. whitehouse: of course you can. mr. patel:

senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse: i wanted to address the letter that three of us sent to you related to a new precedent that this committee seems to be setting during the hearings senators schiff and booker and myself asked questions about what transpired in the grand jury that kash patel testified in. he was unwilling to disclose any of that even though rules 6-e very plainly allows for a witness to come out of a grand jury and describe to the entire world what it is that they told the grand jury. he then said when confronted with that legal fact that he thought that there was a seal order of some kind that he was under that would prevent him from doing the customary witness disclosure that is commonplace right under 6-e. in that regard we looked wherever we can, we asked him where this order is, there is no sign of a seal order. that would bear any relationship to his testimony. there's the very real prospect that he's simply being untruthful about there being a seal order. the further aspect of

i'm glad senator whitehouse raised the issue this morning about the fact kash patel may turn out to be the first fbi nominee in history to have pled the fifth amendment to avoid criminal prosecution. >> thank you, senator durbin. two quick things -- one on judgment and one on candor. some clown posted a video of kash patel chain sign the heads off people on his enemies list in his book. you cannot really blame patel for that. the world is full of creepy people whom might do things like that. except for the fact that kash patel, himself, re-posted that imagery to his true social account. he now owns that. setting aside how grotesque that is, the idea a man with the kind of judgment where he thinks it is ok to repost images of himself chainsawing his political enemies, not appropriate for an fbi director. in terms of candor, we asked him repeatedly about what he testified in a grand jury. it is law that a witness can walk out of a grand jury and tell the entire world what he said. he would not tell this committee what he said. he pretended there is a steel order. there is no evidence of

senator whitehouse. senator whitehouse: i wanted to address the letter that three of us sent to you related to a new precedent that this committee seems to be setting during the hearings senators schiff and booker and myself asked questions about what transpired in the grand jury that kash patel testified in. he was unwilling to disclose any of that even though rules 6-e very plainly allows for a witness to come out of a grand jury and describe to the entire world what it is that they told the grand jury. he then said when confronted with that legal fact that he thought that there was a seal order of some kind that he was under that would prevent him from doing the customary witness disclosure that is commonplace right under 6-e. in that regard we looked wherever we can, we asked him where this order is, there is no sign of a seal order. that would bear any relationship to his testimony. there's the very real prospect that he's simply being untruthful about there being a seal order. the further aspect of

we're going to have senator sheldon whitehouse and let raphael warnock join us. they're part of this all night senate protest that is really we've never seen that before. we've never seen an omb director opposed by a party who who are willing to stay on the senate floor all night long and into tomorrow to make that point. >> and it's a it matters for the russell vote nomination, but it also matters in terms of republicans in the senate realizing, like, oh, the democrats here actually will make our lives as annoying as possible, they are going to push on stuff. they are not going to go along with us here. maybe we ought to try to mitigate some of the worst things that are happening, so we don't have to endure this. i mean, them sort of setting this at the outset, saying we are capable of mucking things up here for you guys is a really good line. i think for them to set in terms of them being taken seriously by the republicans, who i think thought they might be able to take the democrats for granted here, not in the senate. they can't take them for granted and show

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chair crapo: senator whitehouse. sen. whitehouse: thank you. thank you for our meeting. as we work together toward trying to figure out a proper border tariff, will you provide us technical support and info to help inform discussions as we proceed? mr. greer: thank you for the meeting yesterday. i think you are referring to the tariffs -- sen. whitehouse: pollution. mr. greer: exactly. if you will indulge me-- sen. whitehouse: i don't have very many seconds. mr. greer: i am to work with you. sen. whitehouse: there you go. we need your technical assistance. we would like to melt them. second. on the intelligence committee, i developed a proposition that the largest theft in human history was the theft by the chinese on american ip through cyber intrusions. that theft has never been properly recognized in our commercial relationship with china. is that history of massive theft appropriate consideration in designing commercial policy with china including tariffs? mr. greer: yes. that is fundamental. that was a driving force behind much of what we did in the first trump admi

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whitehouse: i remember january 6. colleagues running through the halls to flee the mob, colleagues shouting that rioter should be shot and us returning to our constitutional business through hallways cleared for us by automatic weapons carrying swat teams. none of you, none of us said those violent writers should be pardoned. a republican colleague said such pardons would be hard to believe, even absurd. your former colleague date -- jd vance said that they should not be pardoned. even jim jordan said that pardons would "focus on all the people who did not commit any violence." well, trump pardoned all of them , and there is a lesson in that. every time you think trump would never go that far, reese think that. we all seem to agree that violence against police is unacceptable and yet more than 600 people who physically attacked capitol police officers were put back on the street, part of a 1500 personal trump army out there with people who have proven themselves willing to do violence on trump's call. in only 10 days

concept. un secretary general antonio terrace has wont against ethnic cleansing industry. meanwhile, whitehouse officials appeared to both boxed trumps black, dotted with sons reading and sacred by another series of, of plates and fremont bouts. residents have already explained scientists scolding the seismic wave for us and that's it. for now, i'll have a world news update for you at the top of the hour of next. the film takes a tour of the amazon rainforest. we're looking at the logistic got of isn't really in for me in the home the my name is nose available in the polls bag. save. wow. thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do that. it's all about saying it aloud, that's what it being nosy bay like good, everyone to king the healthy award winning called called the whole back the .

>> senator whitehouse, again thank you for the meeting yesterday as well. you referring to tariffs on -- >> pollution. >> that's exactly right come on pollution. when it comes to this problem just if you'll indulge me for a few seconds -- >> i don't have very many seconds. >> and happy to work with you. >> there youk go. >> we do need your teams technical assistance as we develop a bipartisan proposal. we each have our own and would like to meld them. second, in my days on the intelligence committee i develop a proposition the largest that in human history was the theft by the chinese american intellectual property through cyber intrusions. that theft has never been properly recognized in our commercial relationship with china. a. is that history of massive theft appropriate consideration in designing commercial policy with china including tariffs? mr. greer: yes. that is fundamental. that was a driving force behind much of what we did in the first trump administration with respect to china. sen. whitehouse: third. there is an issue trade policy can help a

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chair crapo: senator whitehouse. sen. whitehouse: thank you, chairman. mr.kennedy, i only have five minutes with you so i have a lot of experience with cms. you will have to listen. two things. one, if you want to move from advocacy to public responsibility, americans are going to need to hear a clear and trustworthy recantation of what you have said on vaccinations. including a promise from you never to say vaccines are not medically safe when they in fact are. and making indisputably clear you support mandatory vaccinations against diseases where that will keep people safe. you are in that hole pretty deep. we just had a measles case in rhode island. the first since 2013. frankly, you frighten people. two, i want to air harms that rhode island has experienced from a remorseless, senseless cms bureaucracy. cms has for years maintained a reimbursement system that the bureaucracy could never explain, never justify. that persistently pays rhode island providers less than neighboring massachusetts and connecticut providers. a differential of 23 and 26% -- 23% a

chair britt: senator whitehouse. sen. whitehouse: thank you, madam chair. welcome to the witnesses. we have real problems in this country with opioid addiction. i was the lead democrat author of the comprehensive addiction recovery act, which both changed the nature of the response to this with a lot more emphasis on recovery and prevention, and also opened up significant funding that has flowed through to states to help the group helping people through their addiction and recovery. at this point, as best i can tell, the trump funding freeze is blocking dollars that would otherwise be flowing to treatment and recovery groups around the country. in some cases it is not so much that they are being told no, it is that they cannot get a straight answer. the confusion could well be just a deliberate fog to obscure the freeze. the lawsuits that are proceeding will help clarify that, but in the meantime i think that it's notable when we are dealing here with this issue to understand that the trump administration has unilaterally frozen funds that flow through to this problem. our community

whitehouse, mr. whitehouse, no. miss hassan, miss.san, no. >> miss cortez masto. >> miss cortez masto. >> no. >> miss warren, no. >> miss warren, no. >> mr. sanders, mr. sanders, no. >> miss smith, no. >> miss smith, no. >> mr. lujan, no. mr. lujan, no. >> mr. warnock, no. >> mr. warnock, no. >> mr. welch, mr. >> welch, no. >> mr. chairman, >> chairman. votes i. >> mr. chairman the final tally. >> is 14 ayes. >> 13 ayes. >> the vote. >> was. would the clerk please restate the vote. >> mr. chairman. >> the final tally was 14 ayes. >> 13 ayes. >> the vote was 1413. the nomination is reported favorably. we will now turn to other senators who would like to make a statement. since i asked my republican colleagues to hold off at the outset, i'll go to the republican side next. first, senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i voted i. >> today. >> and i want. >> to just briefly. >> explain why. >> i believe. >> in my. >> 65 years. >> okay. you just watched 14 ayes, 13 noes, party line vote there to advance robert f kennedy, jr. s nominat

whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barrasso, britt, budd, cassidy, cotton, crapo, curtis, daines, grassley, johnson, justice, lankford, moran, mullin, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of south carolina, sheehy, tillis, tuberville. mr. hoeven, aye. senators voting in the negative -- alsobrooks, coons, hassan, heinrich, kim, klobuchar, lujan, murray, peters, schumer, shaheen, van hollen, wyden. mr. mccormick, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. schiff, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. schatz, no. mr. marshall, aye. mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. ms. ernst, aye. ms. collins, aye. ms. hirono, no. mr. merkley, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. moody, aye. mr. warner, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. slotkin, no. mrs.

whitehouse, no. ms. hassan, no. ms. cortez masto, no. ms. warren, no. mr. sanders, no. ms. smith, no. mr. lujan, no. mr. warnock, no. mr. chairman? the chairman votes aye. the final tally is 14 ayes, 13 nays. chair crapo: with the click please restate the vo--with the clerk restate the vote? >> 14 ayes, 13 nays. chair crapo: the vote is reported favorably. since i asked my republican colleagues to hold off at the outset, i will go to my republican colleague first. senator tillis. sen. tillis: i voted aye today and i wanted to briefly explain why. i believe in my 65 years -- i will be 65 in august -- that mr. kennedy will be one of the first people coming before who is not a trained health care expert. he views this through the lens of an attorney. he's brought many lawsuits on food safety, vaccine safety, a number of other things. mr. chair, i think it was senator warnock that said that the president said he was going to go wild in the department of health and human services. i hope he does. i hope he goes wild and finds a way to reduce the cost of health care. i hope he go

the now with us a, i the under its controls, the whitehouse has noticed that it sites firmly on the c i a, the entire workforce has reportedly being offered so called by arch packages with a view to making sweeping changes across the organization. now a prominent members of the trump team previously took aim at how the united states agency for international developments rule was shaped by the company us id, which is the front point $5000000000.00 in the funding. those riots. those riots lead to the a to a could a talk against the 1st elect, the democratically elected of the ukraine a month before that government is over on victoria new and you know, the part of the center piece of in the economy. audiology and who is now a high level official and the state department has a secret call with the us and passenger, which is tape recorded and is now public, which anybody can go and look up where she is picking the new cabinets, the u. k. of the law usa employees help states protests in washington, dc, demanding the agencies work be restarted, democratic lawmakers, join the raleigh, the non

over the gaza strip and that jobs and should be re settled elsewhere and made the comments as a whitehouse press conference alongside his reading. 5 minutes to benjamin desson. yahoo said the proposal went to change history. president trump said the us would handle the reconstruction of the territory and didn't rule out sending in troops, sovereign territory. argentina has an ice that it will withdraw.